Thursday, May 27, 2010

Not knowing the end...which boat would you board?


andrews_man who built the titanic

Naval Architech-Thomas Andrews

After the conclusion of the construction of the Titanic a reporter asked him how safe the Titanic would be. He replied, "Not even God can sink it"


The professionals, the experts, the educated built the Titantic. It was designed to cater to the "most elite" of passengers. At the time of its construction the methods used were considered second to none. The "experts" claimed that the ship was designed to be "unsinkable" and the masses believed them. There was great excitement and hoopla about its construction and it was known and regarded around the world as being the greatest ship ever built. Many theories and explanations have been given , but the bottom line is - it didn't live up to the great expectations.






Genesis 6:8-9 But Noah found favor in the eyes of the Lord. This is the account of Noah. Noah was a righteous man, blameless among the people of his time, and he walked with God.

Genesis 6:22 Noah did everything just as God commanded him.

Genesis 7:5 And Noah did all that God commanded him.




The humble, the obedient, the faithful built the ark. It was designed for the faithful builder, his family, and certain numbers of the animal kingdom. At the time of its construction the methods used were considered foolish. The so called experts in their day scoffed at the builder's work. He was a laughingstock, yet he maintained his faith and toiled on, year after year, at a task which to others indicated he had gone crazy. Considering his surroundings, the magnitude of the work he was called to perform, and the many years of hard work, he stands unsurpassed if not unequaled in persistent faith. The "experts" of their time drowned, and the humble, obedient, faithful builder survived in the ark he was called to build. Many theories and explanations have been given, but the bottom line is - it lived up to and even surpassed the expectations.

Then Noah got drunk and passed out naked in his tent. My translation of Genesis 9:21. I never heard them teach me that in Sunday School.

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